The vampire laughed as he threw the blades toward the group. Everyone quickly dodged as they rolled away. Batula teleported, then caught the chakrams before they hit the wall. The vampire then used a firewall spell, making it head the group's way.

"Bubble Champagne!" Bubbles shouted as she used her bubble wand and made the bubbles catch the flames, disintegrating them.

The girls and boys hit the vampire with all they had while Yami Yugi used his Dark Magician summon to attack him head on. The vampire was hit by the attacks, but he used his firewall spell again, that time hitting Delete.

"Delete!" Betty shouted.

She then frowned as she used cure on Delete. The duo then quickly used their keyblade combos, hitting him at different sides.

"So, they are ze ones..." he said as the vampire squirrel seemingly was destroyed, leaving a few cards.

The cards that floated went to Yugi as he transformed back. The boy then took the cards as he examined them.

"Spiral Mountain, Clayfighters Tournament, N Sanity Island, Golly World, and Netherworld?" He said to himself.

"More cards?" The concerned Berry asked.

The group looked at Tux as he came out from Delete's bag, pondering, "Hmmm, they look kinda like the cards that made Neo-Tokyo."

The leaders then looked at the cards while Betty spoke, "Then we need these to go on..."

"Zat is correct." A familiar voice spoke.

The group then turned as they saw a familiar vampire squirrel, now with his hair back the way it was, leaning on the wall of the stairs, crossing his arms.

"Count Batula!" Sarah gasped.

He then pushed himself off the wall, then walked toward the group as he spoke, "After an introduction like zat..." as he stopped near them, "You do not think I'd just give up ze ghost?"

The group were already preparing themselves with their weapons as Delete glared.

"So you were just testing our strength." Betty frowned.

He smirked as he spoke, "Congratulations, Atomic Betty and allies. You passed! You're all ready to take on Jareth's Castle."

He then patted his heart as he continued, "Follow your memories. Trust vhat you remember, seek what you forgot...and you will find someone very special."

"You mean Marik, Youma-chan, Zuko-chan, and all the others?" Blossom asked him.

The vampire only spoke, "Vell, I don't know. You'll just have to give some more thought to who's most important to you."

The two looked confused as he continued, "Our most precious memories lie deep in our hearts...Out of reach. But you can finds yours, Dee Dee and Bee Bee."

"I thought only their closest friends were allowed to call them that." Richie asked in confusion.

"Where?" Betty asked.

"How?" Delete spoke.

The vampire smirked as Batula said, "Ze light vithin ze darkness. You've lost sight of it, both of you. You've forgotten forgetting."

"The light in the darkness?" Betty asked.

"I don't understand." Delete frowned.

The vampire grinned a bit, reaching out to them as he asked, "Vould you like a hint?"

The leaders were in deep thought as the others looked concerned.

"Delete?" Sarah asked.

"Well, you two?" Yami Yugi spoke.

The two then looked at Batula as Betty spoke, "Sorry, no. We want to figure this all out ourselves."

Delete agreed, preparing himself, "And if you get in our way..."

Then, Buttercup came in front of them, with her hammer, shouting, "Oh, he won't! We won't let him!"

He then smirked and placed his hand down, speaking, "Just vhat I'd expected. Zat's the kind of answer I'd expected from a Keyblade Master."

Everyone else frowned, preparing themselves before he continued, "But be forewarned...Vhen your sleeping memories awake, you may no longer be you."

In an instant, Batula then disappeared from the group. The group then headed up the stairs as Yugi was in deep thought.

"What could he mean?" He spoke to himself, "Could it be...?"

As they went up the stairs, then headed to the next door, the group looked around while Tux, behind Delete, became concerned.

"Hmmmm..." he spoke to himself.

Delete and Betty stopped as the red haired girl asked, "Is there something wrong, Tux?"

"What that bat squirrel said got me bothered..." he spoke to them, "What did he mean by 'You may no longer be you'?"

Delete grinned as he said, Come on, how can I be anyone else besides me?

"I know, I know. But still, it pays to be careful, unless you're like my laundromat. Zing!"

Digit agreed as he spoke, "Yeah, just about anything could happen here in Castle...Oblibbity...uh, Oblostemy..."

"Oblivion, bird brain!" Buttercup frowned.

"That's what I said."

The leaders turned to the others as Betty said, "We'll be fine. Whatever they're cooking up, together we can handle it."

That was when Casey realized something as she shouted, "Hey, remember that other castle we explored together? With all the contraptions?"

The others pondered a bit with Yami Yugi nodding while Richie asked, "When was that?"

"I don't remember any castle like that." Bubbles said in confusion.

"Hmmm, what was it again?" Casey pondered, scratching her head, "Tone...Cool...Gee, I must have forgotten."

"Casey, are you making this up?" asked Berry.

"I don't think so. I'm sure I'm not making it up"

"Well, we may as well go on then." Blossom spoke.

They looked at the cards, then Yami Yugi picked the card with Spiral Mountain on it. He then went to the door, then rose it up. Then, the light glowed as the door opened, with everyone heading inside.

In Spiral Mountain, the group walked in until they noticed a familiar bear surrounded by the Heartless.

"Guys, look!" Sarah shouted, "Someone's in trouble!"

Everyone then ran to where Banjo was struggling, bringing out their weapons.

"Looks like you could use some help." Betty spoke.

"Thanks," Banjo grinned, "I would have been a goner if you hadn't shown up."

"Come on!" Cherry spoke, "Let's teach those Heartless a lesson!"

Everyone quickly slashed the Heartless, using all the techniques they could use. Unfortunately, the Heartless were outnumbering them.

"It's no use." Digit spoke, "There's too many of them."

"Kazooie!" Banjo shouted.

Kazooie, the bird, then tossed each egg toward the Heartless, destroying them.

"Phew!" They sighed in relief.

"That would have helped if that bird had done it earlier." Buttercup frowned.

"I can only do so much." Kazooie spoke, "If I do too much...well..."

"We understand." Mokuba said to her, understanding.

"Anyway, Kazooie and I better get to Gruntilda's castle, and fast." Banjo spoke.

"Hey, why don't we go with you, Banjo? I mean that's our destination anyway." Yugi spoke.

Delete grinned as he said, "Great idea."

The bear smiled as the group headed off to their destination.

World Name: Spiral Mountain

As the heroes headed off to their destination, the group encountered Heartless, hitting and destroying each one. Then, the group stopped in an abandoned area as Blossom asked the bear.

"Tell us, why are you going to Gruntilda's castle, Banjo?" she asked.

"Well, I went to this cave to find the golden Jiggy so I can show it to my..." he began before realizing, "Tootit! I have to find my sister, Tootie. Grunty's holding hostage and won't let her go unless I give her this Jiggy."

The others gasped as Digit spoke, "Hey, why don't we go join you? Maybe we can help you out."

"Well, sure. Let's go to Grunty's and save my sister!"

They nodded, then headed off to find the female bear.

The heroes continued onward to the area, slashing, defeating, and destroying the Heartless with all of their might. At that time, they had finally reached Gruntilda's. Just then, everyone gasped as they noticed a familiar bear on the ground.

"Kazooie!" Banjo gasped.

Everyone else then ran to the unconscious female bear. Just then, a familiar witch came as she spoke.

"Looks like that bear has given up on his precious sibling." The witch chuckled.

They frowned while she continued, "Well, I'm not going to waste my powers on the likes of you. I'll deal with you myself!"

"Now!" The two shouted as Banjo quickly came.

"You!" The witch shouted before summoning, "Heartless, seize that bear!"

The bear was then hit by one of the Heartless that appeared, knocking him to the castle wall. Just then, she noticed the bear chuckling.

"I can't believe you actually fell for it." He managed to say.

"What do you mean?" she glared.

Just then, she gasped as she saw Kazooie lifting Tootie with her claws.

"Now get out of here, quickly!" Betty ordered.

"You need to take Tootie away from this place!" Yugi shouted.

"Don't worry, I will." Kazooie grinned as Grunty walked over to Banjo.

"So the bear's very clever," she began, "Unfortunately for you, you can't see anything beyond what you see. Your little ploy changes nothing."

She then prepared to grab him as she continued, "I can destroy you all first off."

Just then, they saw the Heartless taking the Jiggy from the bear, tossing it to the witch.

"Now it's time for me to become extremely powerful!" the witch laughed wickedly.

Just then, everything flashed white as the heroes found themselves on pillars surrounded by lava. The group then noticed a huge mechanical version of Grunty chuckling evilly.

"Now nothing can stop me!" she shouted with evil in her voice. "It's time I crush you all!"

She then tossed huge boulders toward the gang. Everyone quickly dodged while they attacked furiously. Unfortunately, each attack had no effect on the now mechanized witch. The witch continued throwing and tossing the boulders toward them.

Just then, Buttercup noticed a familiar ogre trying to protect the device. She quickly knocked him out and prepared to destroy the device.

"Swing Sonikku!" she shouted, smashing the device.

With that done, everyone gave it their all, hitting the witch. Delete and Betty then combined their keyblade combos, destroying her. When all was done, only a card was left from her. Digit took the Grunty card and placed it up.

"That takes care of that, amigos." Greasy grinned.

"That's right," Cherry smiled, "Tootie's safe, and we got the Jiggy back."

The jiggy was then given to Banjo as he said, "I should probably hide this again. No one like Grunty should ever use them."

"And don't worry. Tootie will be all right." The bird informed the group, "She'll be awake once you guys are gone."

They smiled as they spoke, "Thanks."

Delete and Betty held hands to one another as Kazooie tossed a card to Digit, speaking, "Here, you may need this."

The group then saw Banjo and Kazooie leaving with the unconscious female. The heroes then headed out to the exit of the world, heading back to Jareth's castle.

Back in the castle, the heroes came out of the door as they walked, with the door closing behind them. Just then, Casey stopped and pondered.

"Hmmm...I wonder." she said.

The others then stopped and turned to her.

"What is it?" Berry asked.

She then looked at the group as she told them, "It's that castle I mentioned earlier. I'm sure I didn't make it up."

The group then looked at each other, then to the Electribuzz fan as she continued, "That was the castle where both Betty and Delete used the Keyblades to free Jake and Misty's hearts."

"I remember..." Yami Yugi, in the puzzle spoke to himself.

In his image, he saw Delete and Betty smiling sadly, then the keyblade being struck on themselves, and finally, the two vanishing in Misty and Jake's arms.

"Then they disappeared for a while." Casey continued as she looked sad, "And it was also the place where Richie, Sparky, and I were gone temporarily."

"I'll never forget how worried I was." Bubbles spoke sadly, "Especially since the same thing happened to Richie, Sparky, Casey, and almost to Atem."

"Yeah, Yami Yugi told me what happened after being struck unexpectedly back in Spiral Mountain." Yugi said to them.

Betty then realized as she spoke, "That's right! That was when Delete and I were turned into Heartless!"

"Wait..." Digit said with confusion, "That happened in...a castle?"

"Don't tell me you forgot!" Blueberrie shouted.

"Well, I remember it perfectly." Blossom grinned.

"No you don't!" Richie frowned, "You only remember about sweets and candy."

"That's not true!"

"Yes it is!"

"No it isn't!"

"Tell me what the place was called then, if you remembered!"

"That's very easy. It was..."

The group then looked at the red haired girl for a moment. Then, Blossom groaned and sighed in defeat.

"I forgot!" she said with a sweatdrop.

Then, Mokuba looked at Tux as he spoke, "Uh, Tux...you wrote everything in your journal, right?"

He then came out as he nodded, "Of course kid, every word! I even finished the first volume before we entered the castle, which will clash if done right. Zing!"

Some of them chuckled while he dug in the bag, speaking, "Now, let's see if I can find that old book..."

He grinned as he pulled it out, smirking, "Ah, found it!"

He then jumped to the floor, then turned to everyone, opening the book, "Let's see now..."

He then gasped as he realized something: everything in the pages were blank. The weasels and Yugi noticed as well, looking worried.

"No...Th-This is impossible!" he shouted.

"What's wrong?" Delete asked.

The penguin pointed the to book as tears came out from his eyes underneath his glasses.

"All my entries have vanished! Every page...blank!"

"What!?" Everyone gasped, looking shocked.

The group looked extremely worried. They looked at the two leaders as they became worried as well, with Delete starting to cry and hug Betty.

"Uh, there, there, Dee Dee." Betty said, patting his back.

"I know, but still..." the crying droid spoke.

"How could this have happened?" the teary penguin shouted, "I took great care in my journals! Oh, all my hard work, gone...and it's not even funny! Zing!"

"But what does it mean?" Betty spoke.

Delete then looked at the place as he said, "What kind of castle is this...?"

In another part of the castle, the same two figures were drawing on their sketchpad together. Neither of them looked happy. In fact, the two figures looked completely lonely and sad.

Back with the heroes, the group came up the stairs and walked toward the next door.

"How could everything that was written just vanish like that..." Richie asked.

Just then, Delete and Betty stopped as the red haired girl spoke, "Maybe...it's not just stuff we write down."

The group stopped, then looked at them as the droid said, "Maybe we don't remember because those memories are gone."

"Gone?!" Buttercup shouted, "Are you crazy?"

Just then, Tux came out as he spoke, "Wait a second! Remember what the Bat Squirrel said: "In this place, to find is to lose and to lose is to find." He must be talking about our memories!"

"So if we keep going, we'll lose our memories..." Betty spoke.

"No wonder it looks like a castle of oblivion." Delete frowned.

"So the higher we go, the more we forget?" Casey said with worry.

"What if we forget everything and can't get it back, especially on memories on who we are?" Shirly spoke with worry.

"I'd forget my friends, Marik, and Misty, too..." Delete sighed.

"And Jake as well as Maximus, Nemesis, Ling Ling, and Minimus..." Betty sadly spoke.

Courage gulped as he sighed, saying, "Maybe we should head back."

"What? And not beat the crud out of those jerks?" Blueberrie shouted with confidence.

The group then came to the pink dog as Sarah spoke, "Well, we might forget where we've been or what we saw, but we won't forget our friends."

Then, Yami Yugi came out as he spoke, "Delete, Betty, when you both turned to Heartless, did you forget about us?"

"What? Of course not!" The two said in unison, both blushing before turning away a bit.

"See...no matter what happens, you won't forget your friends." Yugi, coming back, grinned.

The two looked surprised, then looked at everyone while Yugi and the spirit inside the puzzle grinned.

"You're right," The guardian smiled.

"Thanks, Yami Yugi." Delete grinned.

"Well, I guess there's nothing to be afraid of after all." Richie smiled.

"Pikachu!" Sparky agreed.

"So, what are we waiting for? Come on, everyone, let's go!" the droid bird shouted as he headed to the door.

"This reminds me: When I was a Heartless along with Betty, Casey, Richie, and Sparky..." The droid smirked, "Who was the one who tried to clobber us, huh?"

The droid gasped, then stopped as he frowned and glared with an anger mark, "That's what you should be forgetting!"

Everyone only laughed as the droid bird yelled in anger.